Patents by Inventor Kevin Liga

Kevin Liga has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Techniques for reinsertion of local market advertising in digital video from a bypass source
    Patent number: 7930716
    Abstract: A method and system for reinserting local content commercials in a digital video format into a customized event data stream. Local content commercials may be inserted at an on-site facility, a national network, a headend, or a local affiliate. Local content commercials may be inserted into the overall data stream, or into one of a plurality of program signals comprising the data stream. Further, markers or software instructions may be inserted into the data stream or program signals instructing a headend, set top box, or personal video recorder to retrieve a stored local content commercial and insert the commercial into the data stream.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2011
    Assignee: ACTV Inc.
    Inventors: Kevin Liga, Frank P. Deo
  • Techniques for reinsertion of local market advertising in digital video from a bypass source
    Publication number: 20040128682
    Abstract: A method and system for reinserting local content commercials in a digital video format into a customized event data stream. Local content commercials may be inserted at an on-site facility, a national network, a headend, or a local affiliate. Local content commercials may be inserted into the overall data stream, or into one of a plurality of program signals comprising the data stream. Further, markers or software instructions may be inserted into the data stream or program signals instructing a headend, set top box, or personal video recorder to retrieve a stored local content commercial and insert the commercial into the data stream.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 31, 2002
    Publication date: July 1, 2004
    Inventors: Kevin Liga, Frank P. Deo